Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-03-29
RULES FOR REGISTRATION.
The Regulations Found by the
Utah Commission.

The following was issued yesterday by
the Utah Commission:
OFFICE OF THE UTAH COMMISSION,
SALT LAKE CRY. March 10, 1887.
CIRCULAR FOR THE INFORMATION OF REGIsTRA-
TON oFFICERE.
The Utah Commission being solicitous to
secure fair and impartial registration of
the qualified electors of the Territory, in
conformity with the acts of Congress, re-
spectfully submit to the registration officers
appointed for that purpose the following
suggestions, in the hope that they will
faithfully and impartially discharge their
duties according to law:
l. No polygamist, bigamist, or any person
cohabiting with more than one woman,
shall be entitled to register or vote at any
who has been convicted of the crime of in
cest, unlawful cohabitation, adultery, for
nication, bigamy or polygamy; nor any
person who associates or cohabits polyg-
amously with persons of the other sex; nor
can any person register or vote who have
not subscribed the oath prescribed by the
Twenty-fourth Section of the act of Con-
gress of March Sd, 1887; nor can any woman
register or vote.
The Commission is of the opinion that
the above specifications include
ALL TdE DlSAB1LIIlES
to which electors are subject under the laws
of Congress, and that no opinions which
they may entertain upon questions of re-
ligion or church policy should be the subject
of inquiry or exclusion of any elector.
The first registration under the act of
Congress is to be an original and new and
complete registrations; and the county regis
tration officer of each county should, by
himself or deputies, register every legal
voter In his county; and for this purpose
should, if necessary, visit every dwelling
house therein.
The oath to be administered may be for
mulated as follows:
TERRITORY OF UTAH,
County of .............}
l, ........................ being duly sworn
Tor affirmed depose and say that am over
twenty one years OF age; that have resided in
the Territory of Utah for six months last past,
and In this precinct for one month, immedi-
ately preceding the date hereof; and that am
a native born or naturalized. as the case may
bel citizen OF the United States, that my full
name is ........................; that am .
years of age; that my place of business is
[single orl married man; that the name of my
that will support the Constitution of the
United States, and will faithfully obey the laws
thereof, and especially will obey the Act OF
Congress approved March o. 1882. entitled
an Act to amend Section $3.50 of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States in reference to 6igd
my and for other purposes" and that will also
obey the Act of Congress of March 8, 1887,
entitled: An Act to amend an Act entitled an
Act to amend Section $3.50 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States in reference to biqaBly and
tor other purposes, approved March 22d, 1882, -
In respect OF the crimes in said act defined and
forbidden, and that will not, directly or indi-
rectly, aid or abet, counsel or advise any other
person to commit any of the said crimes defined
by acts OF Congress as polygamy. bigamy, un-
lawful cohabitation, incest, adultery and forni-
cation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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Deputy Registration Oficer for ...... .......
Freclnct, -.....-............C County.
Although the person applying to have his
name registered as voter may have made
the foregoing oath, yet, if the register shall,
for
REASONABLE Oh PROBABLE CAUSE,
Believe that the applicant is then, in fact, a
bigamist, polygamist, or living in unlawful
cohabitation, or associating or cohabiting
polygamously with persons of the other sex,
unlawful coha bitation, incest, adultery or
fornication-ino our opinion the registrar may
require the applicant to make the following
additional affidavit
TERRITORY OF UTAH,
County of ..-.........
I............-.........fu further swear Tor affirm
that 1 am not bigamist, pologamist, or living
in unlawful cohabitat1on, or associating or CO.
habiting polygamously with persons of the
other sex, and that have not been convicted
of the crime of bigamy, polygamy, unlawful
cohabitation, incest, adultery or fornication.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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Deputy Registration officer for ...............
2. The registration officers and their
deputies should carefully preserve the regis
tratlon lists for each precinct, for use at the
June revision.
8. The first registration prior to June,
m. precinct,
county, should be performed within. ...
days.
4. The county registration officers and
their deputies will receive compensation as
follows: For county registration officers, 81
per day; for each deputy registration officer,
So per day; the compensation to be paid for
the time during which said officers have been
necessarily employed in the discharge of
their duties.
8. The law requires each county repistra-
ton officer, in person or by deputy, during
the week commencing the first week in June.
at his Office, to enter on his registry list, the
name of any voter that may have been
omitted, on such voter appearing and taking
the oath aforesaid.
6. Upon the completion of the lists, each
registration officer should prepare triplicate
lists in alphabetical order, for each precinct,
containing the names of all registered
voters, one of which lists should be filed in
the Office of the Clerk of the County
Court on or before the 1st day of
July next; one list to be posted up
in each precinct, at least fifteen DAYS
before the day OF election, and the other
list transmitted by him to to the Judges of
election of the several precincts for use at
the polls; and the oaths of registered voters,
Immediately after the day of the election,
delivered to the Clerk of the Probate Court
of the proper county.
Z. The law authorizes voters removing
from one election precinct to another in
the same county, to appear before the regis
tratiOn officer at any time previous to the
filing of the lists in the Office of the clerk of
the county court, and have their names
erased therefrom, and they may thereupon
have their names registered In the precinct
to which they may remove.
8. Prior to each election the registration
officer of each county should cause to be
written or printed notice which shall
designate the the Office or offices to be
filled, and stating that the election will
commence at. designating |
the place for holding polls), one hour after |
sunrise, and continuing until sunset on the |
.;.......... day of.........:.. .188 Dated |
at. on. day of.....
Registration Officer.
A copy Of which should be posted up at !
least fifteen DAYS before the dav of alaotio,,